Tupperware – Lusitanian Industry of Domestic Articlesthe company that holds the factory in Montalvo, in the district of Santarém, which has not produced since January 8, was declared insolvent in February, leaving 200 unemployed workers.
In the request for insolvency were identified as creditors, in addition to workers, several companies of the Tupperware Group, and the Ideal GRAPHIC OF ÁGUDA – GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES SA, Dart Industries Inc., BCP, Carla Sofia Soeiro Cruz Gonçalves and Ignacio Zubizarreta.
The terms of the settlement of the goods of the Tupperware factory, a manufacturing unit installed for over 40 years in Montalvo, will be determined at the meeting of creditors, the insolvency administrator told Lusa on February 13.
“Regarding the Tupperware process, the establishment was closed, the workers were today [13 de fevereiro] Faithful, it will proceed with your registration at the Employment Center and the schedule of a meeting of creditors is expected to determine the terms of settlement, “Jorge Calvete, responsible for managing the company’s insolvency process, told Lusa.
Asked if there are proposals for the acquisition of machinery or factory itself, in its entirety, the insolvency manager said it was not yet the time for presentation and analysis of any proposals.
“The settlement process is not yet underway, so there is no place to have proposals [de aquisição]. Workers, and all creditors, are in the complaint phase of their credits, which runs for 30 days since the date of declaration of insolvency “, determined on February 10, he said.
Tupperware in Montalvo’s factory was controlled by the Tupperware Lusitanian household industry society that, in turn, was arrested by 74% by Tupperware Portugal – Unipessoal LDA household items and 26% by Tupperware Iberia.
The Tupperware multinational factory in Portugal, operating since 1980, depended on 100% of the US mother home, sold after in September bankrupt, and plans for the future do not seem to pass through Europe as the company revoked its product sales license in all European countries.
